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Chris@499 4 <h2>I have a folder of source code or documents on my computer and I want to use version control to manage them</h2>
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Chris@495 6 <p>To start using version control for a project folder, you need to
Chris@496 7 initialise a repository there. EasyMercurial does this for you when
Chris@496 8 you open the folder.</p>
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Chris@495 10 <p><b>1. Click the Open toolbar button or use File -> Open</b></p>
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Chris@495 12 <p><center><img src="images/openfolder50.png"></center></p>
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Chris@495 14 <p><b>2. Select &ldquo;File folder&rdquo; as the thing you want to open</b></p>
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Chris@496 16 <p><b>3. Browse to your folder</b></p>
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Chris@496 18 <p><b>4. Click OK</b></p>
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Chris@495 20 <p>A new repository will be created, stowed into the working folder you
Chris@496 21 selected. At first, it will have an empty history. You can then
Chris@496 22 start to add and commit changes to your files.</p>
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Chris@496 24 <p>(You will need to &ldquo;add&rdquo; files before you can start to track changes to
Chris@496 25 them. The default is for all files in the folder to be treated as
Chris@496 26 &ldquo;untracked&rdquo;, i.e. not included in the history.)
Chris@495 27 <ul><li>Note: the equivalent Mercurial command for this is <b>hg init</b></li></ul>